The mother of a Woodlawn Cemetery worker said her son Patrick Tranchese was stabbed before dawn Friday and his attacker is still on the loose. Whitney Burbank reports.

The mother of a Woodlawn Cemetery worker said her son Patrick Tranchese was stabbed before dawn Friday and his attacker is still on the loose. Whitney Burbank reports.

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Updated: 9:27 AM EST Nov 4, 2015

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WEBVTT NEW INFORMATION IN JUST A FEWMINUTES.AND NOW TO A WPBF 25 NEWSEXCLUSIVE, A MAN STABBED IN AWEST PALM BEACH CEMETERY THE DAYBEFORE HALLOWEEN AND TONIGHT THEATTACKER IS STILL ON THE LOOSE.IT IS A REAL LIFE TAIL OFTERROR WITH A TWIST.WHITNEY BURBANK AS THE STORYYOU WILL ONLY SEE RIGHT HERE ONWPBF 25 NEWS.A WORKER WALKING THROUGH THETOMBSTONES IN THE DARK WHEN HISMOTHER SAYS HE HEARS HIS VOICECALLING HIS NAME FROM BEHIND AMARTIN O'MALLEYS LEE YUM.SHE CALLED HIM IN.HE SAID HOLY.YOU SCARED THE BLEEP OUT OF MET.Reporter: SUDDENLY SONPATRICK HIT S THE GROUND ANDSOMEONE WAS ON TOP OF HIM WITH AKNIFE.THE KNIFE WENT RIGHT THROUGHHIS HAND.HE KKEPS SCREAMING.SHE SAYS THE ATTACKER FLEDTHE WEST PALM BEACH CEMETERY.HER SON RUSHED TO THE ER WITH ABLADE STILL STUCK IN HIS HAND.THE EARLY MORNING ATTACK, THEDAY BEFORE HALLOWEEN.IT WAS LIKE A HORROR MOVERYON TELEVISION.Reporter: SHE TELLS ME HERSON IS NO STRANGER TO TERROR.HE'S STILL NOT (INAUDIBLE).Reporter: PATRICK WASWORKING WITH -- IN JANUARY ONTHE NIGHT HE FELL INTO A SEWAGETANK AND DIED.THE CITY PUT PATRICK ON LEAVE.SENT HIM TO A PSYCHOLOGIST, ANDSENT HIM TO WORK HERE.HE WAS PLACED IN THECEMETERY, WHICH IS A CONSTANTREMINDER OF DEATH.Reporter: HER SON STILLTRAUMATIZED NOW IN AND OUT OFSURGERIES.AFRAID FOR HIS LIFE.SHE TELLS ME SHE'S CONFIDENTTHE ATTACKER TARGETED HEE SON.THERE'S NO COINCIDENCE THATPERSON KNEW HIS NAME.

Man stabbed in cemetery

The mother of a Woodlawn Cemetery worker said her son Patrick Tranchese was stabbed before dawn Friday and his attacker is still on the loose. Whitney Burbank reports.